Spider-Man Gets New Costume for “Ends of the Earth”

February 5, 2012

by Dan C.

Beginning with issue 682 of Amazing Spider-Man, Peter Parker will be wearing a new costume. Designed to counter the unique and powerful abilities of Dr. Octopus’s Sinister Six, Spider-Man’s new costume, which appears to be more armor than cloth, has been revealed in Marvel’s latest teaser for the upcoming “Ends of the Earth” storyline. Over the past week, Marvel has released four teaser images that promote Amazing Spider-Man #682 and the Ends of Earth story arch. The event, which coincides with the 50th anniversary of the ASM title, is written by Dan Slott and art by Stefano Caselli.

To quote from the Marvel Comics press release…

“The next big Spider-Man epic begins in Amazing Spider-Man #682, part one of Ends Of The Earth, by Dan Slott and Stefano Caselli! The Sinister Six, led by the vengeful Doctor Octopus, is back and they’re looking for revenge! Can Spider-Man & Earth’s Mightiest save the world before Doc Ock’s explosive endgame is revealed? Find in Amazing Spider-Man #682 hitting comic shops and the Marvel Comics app this March!”

In an interview given to CBR back in December, here’s how writer Dan Slott described Ends of the Earth…

“Slott kicked off the call by recapping the events leading up to Doc Ock’s life clock ticking down all the way back when he first showed up in Issue 600 and teasing the villain’s big bid for control of the entire world. ‘He’s got one shot for one master plan. He’s going for the whole thing. He’s going for the world. … This is Otto Octavius’s big grab for the greatest master plan of all time.’ Slott further said that the story would rival (“Rivals? Ha! Ha, I say!” said Slott) the scope of Spider-Island and this would be ‘Otto Octavius Earth,’ which would see Spider-Man operating globally to stop Doc Ock.

‘We will see Spidey supporting cast and characters,” he said. ‘This whole giant, epic story is taking place inside of Amazing Spider-Man.’ The event will be self-contained within the book and all readers will have to do is pick up ‘Amazing Spider-Man’ to get the whole story.

Additionally, Spidey will get some cool new gadgets for his ‘Ends of the Earth’ adventure. ‘We’re going to see some pretty cool new Spider-tech,’ he said. ‘Spidey has known the Sinister Six are a-coming. … Spider-Man has had all this time to prep and bring specific tech to all the members of the Sinister Six. … Spider-Man has designed a new suit and this is a suit specifically designed to go to war with the Sinister Six.”